Kelly Roth

Pretty bistro with standard French fare. Place is pricey, which I’m fine with, so long as the food is good. Started with a salad, it was very tasty, decent portion with a house made vinaigrette. Went on to the French onion soup. Everyone knows one of the best parts is eating the slightly crisped cheese on the outside. This cheese was melted but the chef did not really brown it all. Once I got to the soup part it was off tasting. Hard to describe, maybe it was just freshly made or even perhaps just watered down. It was very sweet, like someone added sugar to compensate for not caramelizing the onions. For $18 I sent it back. My next course was the fondue. Also a huge disappointment. Terrible flavor and consistency. No cheese pull at all. Points for adding wine but maybe too much wine? They paired it with stale bread. Not sure what other posters were talking about with the veggies that come with it, but I didn’t get any. I ended up using the bread from the basket they provided at the beginning of the meal. I also didn’t eat much of it because I didn’t want to send back yet another awful dish.

My daughter got the beef Bourgogne. That was very good. The meat was fork tender and not dried out at all. The sauce was rich and the plate well balanced with veggies and well made mashed potatoes.

The service was good.

I’ve eaten here before. Had the French onion soup last time and it was tasty so I’m thinking perhaps the chef was having an off day.

Just had a terrific meal here tonight. We (my daughter and I) shared the following: labneh dip, pickles and feta, and the lamb sautéed. The food was all prepared to perfection. The dip was cool yet tangy, creamy and with a bit of bite provided by the walnuts and the warm delicious bread. The pickles and feta included pickles, obviously but also pickled carrots, piquant peppers and cabbage. The feta was a lovely accompaniment and paired wonderfully with the pickled veggies. Our main, the lamb sauté, was very well prepared. Served with a yummy aromatic rice and cooked with peppers and tomatoes. The whole meal was simple yet extravagantly tasty. I knocked a star for the atmosphere due to the heat in the indoor dining area and the dim lighting. Seems like all of New York wants to serve food in the dark lately. And although it was only in the upper 70’s outside tonight it was quite hot inside, so much so that we left earlier than we would have otherwise.

All that aside, I look forward to my next meal at this establishment. A new favorite for sure! Oh also failed to mention that the service was terrific!!!